LAS VEGAS – With a lopsided unanimous-decision victory over Nam Phan at Friday’s UFC 141 event, Jimy Hettes cemented his spot in the UFC’s featherweight division.
But despite an undefeated record of and a string of submission wins, he knew what fans were thinking about such an unlikely main-card fighter.
“A lot of the stuff online was, ‘Why does that kid with no muscle mass get to be on TV?'” Hettes told MMAjunkie.com after the event.